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Beaver County business licenses issued in September 2022 compared to previous month

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There were 33 business licenses issued in Beaver County in September 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 17.5 percent decrease from the previous month when there were 40 licenses issued.

Pennsylvania suffered a surge of unemployment and business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The average annual unemployment rate in the state more than doubled in 2020 to 9.1 percent. This was the highest annual unemployment rate in Pennsylvania since 2003.

Comparison of business licenses issued by County and Month

CountyIssued in September 2022Issued in August 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County544325.6%
Allegheny County645739-12.7%
Armstrong County2335-34.3%
Beaver County3340-17.5%
Bedford County58-37.5%
Berks County97114-14.9%
Blair County3138-18.4%
Bradford County59-44.4%
Bucks County286325-12%
Butler County3233-3%
Cambria County3545-22.2%
Cameron County2845-37.8%
Carbon County2228-21.4%
Centre County4974-33.8%
Chester County283317-10.7%
Clarion County27-71.4%
Clearfield County1422-36.4%
Clinton County15147.1%
Columbia County352540%
Crawford County2229-24.1%
Cumberland County128137-6.6%
Dauphin County1951931%
Delaware County226234-3.4%
Elk County5425%
Erie County131142-7.7%
Fayette County3341-19.5%
Forest County21100%
Franklin County62586.9%
Fulton County13-66.7%
Greene County615-60%
Huntingdon County2030-33.3%
Indiana County818-55.6%
Jefferson County1224-50%
Juniata County7616.7%
Lackawanna County8695-9.5%
Lancaster County173174-0.6%
Lawrence County2239-43.6%
Lebanon County2122-4.5%
Lehigh County193212-9%
Luzerne County97970%
Lycoming County4856-14.3%
McKean County7616.7%
Mercer County2031-35.5%
Mifflin County131118.2%
Monroe County83803.8%
Montgomery County409469-12.8%
Montour County910-10%
Northampton County93885.7%
Northumberland County1625-36%
Perry County917-47.1%
Philadelphia County1,5451,603-3.6%
Pike County14-75%
Potter County10100%
Schuylkill County3944-11.4%
Snyder County211540%
Somerset County1523-34.8%
Sullivan County21100%
Susquehanna County48-50%
Tioga County910-10%
Union County15966.7%
Venango County63100%
Warren County63100%
Washington County765440.7%
Wayne County3940-2.5%
Westmoreland County97122-20.5%
Wyoming County42100%
York County2001971.5%

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